A Book of the RivieraE. P. Dutton, 1905 - 320 pages |
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Page 52 - Or, when transplanted and preserved with care, Curse the cold clime and starve in northern air. Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments...
Page 281 - Mediterranean to the south-east and west, range upon range of gently undulating hills, softly inclining towards the sea — in the plain below, the fresh, cozy valley of Taggia, with its sparkling track of waters, and rich belt of gardens, looking like a perfect mosaic of every gradation of green, chequered with winding silver arabesques. Ever and anon a tardy pomegranate in full blossom spreads out its oriflamme of tulip-shaped dazzling red flowers.
Page 240 - Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took on him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Page 313 - The Reformation is an event long past, That volcano has spent its rage. The wide waste produced by its outbreak is forgotten. The landmarks which were swept away have been replaced. The ruined edifices have been repaired. The. lava bas covered with a rich incrustation the fields which it once devastated, and, after having turned a beautiful and fruitful garden into a desert, has again turned the desert into a still more beautiful and fruitful garden.
Page 190 - ... knife on a silver dish, and threw the dish out of the window towards a boat moored on the shore, almost at the foot of the tower. A fisherman, to whom the boat belonged, picked up the dish and carried it to the governor. Astonished, he asked the fisherman, ' Have you read what is written on this dish, and has any one seen it in your hands ? ' 'I cannot read,' replied the fisher, ' I have only just found it, and no one has seen it.
Page 281 - Sentinels were posted at the door of the chapel, the entire village remained on foot for nights, mounting guard at the entrance ; no precaution, however, availed. In spite of the strictest watch, the picture, now undeniably a miraculous one, found means to make its way to the spot it preferred. At length, the Castellini came to understand that it was the Madonna's express will that her headquarters should be shifted to where her resemblance betook itself every night ; and though it had pleased her...
Page 281 - The wonder of the affair does not stop here. A place was chosen by universal acclamation, two gun-shots in advance of the present sanctuary, and a chapel erected, in which the gift was deposited with all due honour. But the Madonna, as it would seem, had an insurmountable objection to the spot selected, for, every morning that God made, the picture was found at the exact place where the actual church now stands.
Page 190 - ... the shore, almost at the foot of the tower. A fisherman to whom the boat belonged picked up the plate and carried it to the governor, who, surprised beyond measure, asked the man : ' Have you read what is written on this plate, and has any one seen it in your hands ? ' 'I cannot read,' answered the fisherman ; ' I have only just found it, and no one else has seen it.
Page 280 - ... little chapel of the sanctuary. Andrea Anfosso, a native of Castellaro, being the captain of a privateer, was one day attacked and defeated by the Turks, and carried to the Isle of Lampedusa. Here he succeeded in making his escape and hiding himself, until the Turkish vessel which had captured his left the island. Anfosso, being a man of expedients, set about building a boat, and finding himself in a great dilemma what to do for a sail, ventured on the bold and original step of taking from the...
Page 280 - Castellini, who made this road ' in the sweat of their brows,' point it out with pride, and well they may. They tell you with infinite complacency, how every one of the pebbles with which it is paved was brought from the sea-shore, those who had mules using them for that purpose, those who had none bringing up loads on their own backs ; how every one, gentleman and peasant, young and old, women and boys, worked day and night, with no other inducement than the love of the Madonna. The Madonna of Lampedusa...